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Child injuries in Bergen, Norway : identifying high-risk groups and activity specific injuries
(Doctoral thesis, 2006-11-24)Sammendrag (Norwegian summary) Formålet med denne studien var å undersøke forekomsten av barneulykker i Bergen sammenliknet med forekomsten andre steder innenlands og utenlands. Vi ønsket å undersøke hvilke barn, karakterisert ... -
Child mental illness and the help-seeking process: a qualitative study among parents in a Ugandan community
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019-01-11)Abstract Background: Child mental illness contributes signifcantly to the burden of disease worldwide, and many are left untreated due to factors on both the provider and user side. Recognising this, the Ugandan Ministry ... -
Child survival and BCG vaccination: A community based prospective cohort study in Uganda
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2015-02-22)Background Data on non-specific effects of BCG vaccination in well described, general population African cohorts is scanty. We report the effects of BCG vaccination on post-neonatal infant and post-infancy mortality in a ... -
Child- and family impacts of infants’ oral conditions in Tanzania and Uganda– a cross sectional study
(5, Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2012-09-28)Background: Early childhood dental caries impacts on the quality of life of children and their families. This study set out to assess the psychometric properties of an oral health related quality of life, OHRQoL, measure, ... -
Childhood Cancer in Ethiopia: Treatment Abandonment Rate and the Cost and Cost-Effectiveness of Service Delivery
(Doctoral thesis, 2023-08-28)Bakgrunn: I motsetning til mange typer kreft hos voksne og eldre, kan kreft hos barn ofte helbredes, selv i land med begrensede ressurser, hvis kreften diagnostiseres tidlig og behandles riktig. Et barns diagnose med kreft ... -
Childhood trauma, antipsychotic medication, and symptom remission in first-episode psychosis
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)Background: To what extent psychotic symptoms in first-episode psychosis (FEP) with a history of childhood interpersonal trauma (CIT) are less responsive to antipsychotic medication is not known. In this longitudinal study, ... -
Childhood tuberculosis case management in Pakistan: Addressing a priority
(Doctoral thesis, 2011-06-24)Childhood tuberculosis is considered a major cause of morbidity and mortality in high burden TB countries. It has had a low priority for research and development globally and was not given much attention in the past on ... -
Childhood tuberculosis deskguide and monitoring: An intervention to improve case management in Pakistan
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2011-08-10)Background: Childhood tuberculosis (TB) has been a neglected area in national TB control programme (NTCP) in high burden countries. The NTP Pakistan adapted the global approaches by developing and piloting its policy ... -
Childhood tuberculosis in Pakistan. The role of the private sector in TB-control
(Doctoral thesis, 2023-03-28)Globalt dør omkring 650 barn (0-14 år) daglig på grunn av tuberkulose (TB), som kan både forebygges og behandles. TB hos barn blir ofte oversett siden de mangler typiske symptomer, og diagnostikk er vanskelig. Dermed er ... -
Childhood undernutrition and the potential of amaranth for reducing anaemia in southern Ethiopia
(Doctoral thesis, 2022-05-10)The overall objective of this thesis was to investigate the efficacy of consuming bread containing processed amaranth on the treatment of anaemia and IDA among children 2-5 years of age in southern Ethiopia. Also, it sought ... -
Children as next of kin and the general practitioner. A qualitative study about the general practitioner’s opportunities to help
(Doctoral thesis, 2017-05-30)Background and aims: Children whose parents suffer from mental illness, substance abuse, or severe somatic disease are at risk of developing psychosocial problems and a variety of health complaints. These children often ... -
Children born preterm at the turn of the millennium had better lung function than children born similarly preterm in the early 1990s.
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2015-12-07)Objective. Compare respiratory health in children born extremely preterm (EP) or with extremely low birthweight (ELBW) nearly one decade apart, hypothesizing that better perinatal management has led to better outcome. ... -
Children with developmental problems and disorders : selected aspects of motor and multidisciplinary assessment and intervention
(Doctoral thesis, 2006-08-24)The general aim of this thesis was to apply a multidisciplinary approach to selected clinical aspects of children with developmental problems and disorders, in order to contribute to the development of assessment and ... -
Children’s and adolescents’ rising animal-source food intakes in 1990–2018 were impacted by age, region, parental education and urbanicity
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)Animal-source foods (ASF) provide nutrition for children and adolescents’ physical and cognitive development. Here, we use data from the Global Dietary Database and Bayesian hierarchical models to quantify global, regional ... -
Chip protein U-box domain truncation affects Purkinje neuron morphology and leads to behavioral changes in zebrafish
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021-09-24)The ubiquitin ligase CHIP (C-terminus of Hsc70-interacting protein) is encoded by STUB1 and promotes ubiquitination of misfolded and damaged proteins. CHIP deficiency has been linked to several diseases, and mutations in ... -
Choice of generic antihypertensive drugs for the primary prevention of cardiovascular disease - A cost-effectiveness analysis
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2012-04-04)Background: Hypertension is one of the leading causes of cardiovascular disease (CVD). A range of antihypertensive drugs exists, and their prices vary widely mainly due to patent rights. The objective of this study was to ... -
Choice of psychological coping in laryngectomized, head and neck squamous cell carcinoma patients versus multiple sclerosis patients
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2010-11-18)To be treated for cancer must be a frightening experience. Yet quality of life (QoL) of successfully treated cancer patients seems to be relatively similar in comparison with QoL of a general population, with psychological ... -
Cholesterol crystals and NLRP3 mediated inflammation in the uterine wall decidua in normal and preeclamptic pregnancies
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020)Preeclampsia is a hypertensive and inflammatory pregnancy disorder associated with cholesterol accumulation and inflammation at the maternal-fetal interface. Preeclampsia can be complicated with fetal growth restriction ... -
Choline consumption in Norway : Dietary sources, association with one-carbon and lipid metabolism and cardiovascular disease risk
(Doctoral thesis, 2022-03-18)Background: Choline is an essential nutrient involved in a wide variety of physiological functions. Through its metabolite betaine, it is closely connected to the one-carbon metabolism, and phosphatidylcholine (PC) is ... -
Choline intake and Incidence of Acute Myocardial Infarction in Patients with Stable Angina Pectoris
(Master thesis, 2017-06-22)Introduction: Cardiovascular diseases are the leading cause of death worldwide. It can be defined as a group of interrelated diseases of the heart and blood vessels, including atherosclerotic cardiovascular diseases. Acute ...